Tie stay



Aug. 4, 1936. c E BRQOKS 7 2,049,993-

TIE STAY Filed June 24, 1935 Patented Aug. 4, 1936 i. S'ETS FFICE This invention relates to mechanical devices used with neckties to prevent displacement of the knot thereof once it is positioned, by the wearer, with respect to his collar.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide a device which will maintain the knot of a four-in-hand tie in correct position relative to the collar regardless of how loose the knot, or the neck encircling portion of the tie, may become. 10 Other objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character described which is of minimum size and readily concealed by the knot of the tie; to provide such a device possessed of the utmost of simplicity in structure and method of 1., attachment; to provide a device of the character described in which manufacturing costs are reduced to an absolute minimum, and to provide a tie stay which may be adjusted tofit knots of various sizes.

: Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a front elevation of one form of the tie stay of this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Figure l.

95 Figure 8 is a front elevation of a modified form of tie stay.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the device illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the mode so of attachment of the tie stay of Figure 1 to a collar and tie.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the adjustable form of tie stay.

Figure '7, is a side elevation of the device of "3 Figure 6.

In detail, Figure 1 illustrates one form of the invention in which a length of hard drawn or spring wire is doubled upon itself to simulate a hair pin provided with an open loop 6 at the bend 40 1 thereof, and spaced free ends having upwardly bent portions 8 to provide a pair of hooks 9. Each of the sections of the wire lying between the loop 5 and the hooks 8 is provided with a short portion it which is directed slightly inwardly to 45 provide a restricted opening i i for the loop, and the remainder 52 of each section is reentrantly bent at the point i3 to provide an opening Id, of relatively large size, in communication with the opening ll.

50 In the transverse vertical plane, as shown in Figure 2, the portions H] and the upwardly directed portions 8 of the hooks 9 are disposed in oifset parallel relationship, with the connecting portions I2 disposed in angular relationship there- 55 with.

Figure 5 illustrates the method of applying the stay. After the knot E5 of the tie l6 has been formed by the wearer, and placed in the desired position with respect to the collar H, the knot is lifted to expose the collar button H3. The stay 6 is then placed over the collar button so that the head and shank of the latter enter the opening it whereupon the stay is pulled downwardly to cause the shank to enter the loop 6. The opening it of the loop is purposely made narrower 10' than the diameter of the shank so as to prevent ready displacement of the latter from the loop upon upward movement of the stay, there being, of course, suificient resiliency in the portions ID to permit the width of the opening to increase as the shank passes therethrough. With the stay in position on the collar button, as just described, the wearer next engages the hooks 9 with the lower edge E9 of one of the loops forming the knot of the tie which will maintain the knot in its correct position with respect to the collar.

In Figures 3 and 4 is shown a modified form of construction for the stay. In this case the stay is made of sheet metal stamped to provide an enlarged end 29 provided with a notch 2| corresponding to the loop ii, and an aperture 22, communicating with the notch 2!, which corresponds with the opening M to clear the head of the collar button. A shank 23 is provided having an upturned portion 24 at the lower end to provide a hook 25 similar to the hooks 9 of the other form of the invention. The angular bends of the two modifications, when viewed in the transverse vertical plane, are identical.

In Figures 6 and 7 is illustrated another form of the invention wherein adjustment has been provided so that the stay may be regulated to support ties having varying sizes of knots, or to vary the pressure on the knot to maintain it in intimate contact with the collar. In this modification the length of wire is doubled to provide the loop 9 at the bend '6', similar to the device of Figure 1, and the portions it are converged, as before, to provide the restricted opening H for the loop. The right hand extension 26, of the portion H3, is provided with an outwardly curved reentrant bend which terminates at the point 21 in a straight shank portion 28. The opposite extension 29 is bent similarly to the portion 26 but terminates adjacent the shank at the point 28, and the two curved portions thus form the opening it.

Slidably mounted on the shank 28 is a sleeve so, which will be recognized. as the familiar safety device commonly used with scarf pins to prevent separation thereof from ties, and the sleeve has secured thereto a short piece of wire 3| directed upwardly to provide a hook similar to the hooks 9 and 25 of the other modifications. Since the sleeve 30 is free to move only in an upward direction, with relation to the shank 28, it will be seen that the position of thehook may be adjusted upwardly, with respect to the center of the loop 6 which is the position of the collar button of the wearer, so that regardless of the size of the knot of the tie the hook will firmly engage therewith, or the upward pressure of the hook on the knot to urge it into intimate contact with the collar may be varied. The sleeve, as is well known, may be released by grasping the ball end of the plunger 32, with the finger tips, and drawing downwardly thereon whereupon the engagement of the frictional mechanism with the shank within the sleeve will be released to permit withdrawal of the sleeve from the shank.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a stay has been provided which will overcome the difiiculty of maintaining the knot of a tie always in correct position with respect to the collar. Heretofore this has been practically impossible due to the downward pull exerted on the tie caused by the frictional engagement of the tie with the wearers vest and shirt during movement of his body. The necessity of having to readjust ones tie at frequent intervals is obviously very annoying.

The tie stay of this invention overcomes this difiiculty by supporting the knot of the tie from the collar button Where it cannot be displaced regardless of the downward pull exerted on the tie.

What I claim is:

1. A tie stay for preventing displacement of the knot of a tie with respect to a collar secured to a wearer by means of a collar button, comprising a member secured to said collar button, and means for engaging said tie connected with said member and adjustable relative thereto.

2. A tie stay for preventing displacement of the knot of a tie with respect to a collar secured to a wearer by means of a collar button, comprising a member secured to said collar button, and means for engaging said tie slidably connected with said member and adjustable relative thereto.

3. A tie stay for preventing displacement of the knot of a tie with respect to a collar secured to a wearer by means of a collar button, comprising a member secured to said collar button, and means L for engaging said tie connected with said member for movement freely in one direction relative thereto.

4-. A tie stay for preventing displacement of the knot of a tie with respect to a collar secured to a wearer by means of a collar button, comprising a length of wire having a straight shank portion and a portion bent to provide a loop for engaging said collar button, and a sleeve freely slidable in one direction on said shank and having a projecticn thereon for engaging a portion of said tie.

CHARLES EARL BROOKS. 

